Wainwright, John, Private, 958, 1st/5th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Disembarked for service 1st March 1915
Born Ibstock, Leicestershire
Enlisted Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Resided Burton on Trent, Staffordshire
Killed in action 5th October 1915 aged 26
Son of William and Sarah Anne Wainwright; husband of Lily Harrison (formerly Wainwright), of 214, Hawfield Lane, Winshill, Burton-on-Trent.
Commemorated on the Loos Memorial

1911 Census
An assistant earthenware pottery fireman
Stepson of Joseph Grice, a fish merchant, and son of Sarah Ann Grice, of 5, Hill Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire

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